Synonyms of hopefully

hopefully

adverb

as in optimistically

in a positive or optimistic manner

They waited hopefully for the doctor to update them on their friend's condition.

When the sun appeared, we asked hopefully if everyone remembered to bring sunblock.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• optimistically
• happily
• cheerfully
• confidently
• joyfully
• positively
• sanguinely
• joyously
• expectantly
• giddily
• gigglingly
• gladly
• exuberantly
• amusedly
• lightheartedly
• friendly
• blithely
• laughingly
• amicably
• breezily
• sunnily
• blissfully
• brightly
• bullishly
• blithesomely
• elatedly
• jocularly
• merrily
• gladsomely
• cheerily
• euphorically
• rapturously
• smilingly
• jovially
• friendlily
• good-naturedly
• mirthfully
• heartily
• jocosely
• good-humoredly
• gaily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pessimistically
• dismally
• drearily
• dejectedly
• gloomily
• despondently
• forlornly
• sorrowfully
• mournfully
• blackly
• disconsolately
• plaintively
• unhappily
• abjectly
• dispiritedly
• heavily
• miserably
• wretchedly
• dolefully
• sternly
• glumly
• darkly
• sulkily
• sullenly
• sourly
• morosely
• dolorously
• dourly
• bleakly
• mirthlessly
• cheerlessly

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• pessimistically
• dismally
• drearily
• dejectedly
• gloomily
• despondently
• forlornly
• sorrowfully
• mournfully
• blackly
• disconsolately
• plaintively
• unhappily
• abjectly
• dispiritedly
• heavily
• miserably
• wretchedly
• dolefully
• sternly
• glumly
• darkly
• sulkily
• sullenly
• sourly
• morosely
• dolorously
• dourly
• bleakly
• mirthlessly
• cheerlessly

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